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Arid environments /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ARID ENVIRONMENTS AND WIND EROSION ; ARID ENVIRONMENTS AND WIND EROSION ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; BRAZIL'S SEMIARID CERRADO: A REMOTE SENSING PERSPECTIVE ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY ; 3. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LANDFORM EVOLUTION, SOILS AND CERRADO VEGETATION COVER ; 4. VEREDAS DO PERUAÇU STATE PARK: A RESEARCH STATION ON CERRADO ; 5. CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF SPECIES PERFORMANCE AND TREATMENT EFFECTIVENESS FOR REVEGETATION IN THE MOJAVE DESERT, USA ; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION ; METHODS ; RESULTS ; DISCUSSION; FUTURE RESEARCH.
- CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; APPENDIX 1. SUMMARY OF 55 SPECIES PLANTED OR SEEDED IN 23 REVEGETATION STUDIES IN THE MOJAVE DESERT, SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES ; EFFECT OF IRRIGATION ON RUNOFF AND LOCAL CLOUD SYSTEMS IN THE YELLOW RIVER BASIN ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; METHODS AND DATA ; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN ARID ZONES: THE INFLUENCE OF WATER AVAILABILITY IN THE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ BASIN, MEXICO ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. INTERACTION BETWEEN SOCIO-ECONOMIC DYNAMIC AND WATER RESOURCES ; 3. THE SAN LUIS POTOSI BASIN.
- 4. STAGES IN SOCIO-ECONOMICS AND WATER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT 5. SOCIO-ECONOMIC FORCES THAT DRIVE FUTURE WATER STRESS ; 6. WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN RESPONSE TO WATER STRESS ; 7. CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES; RARITY AND COMMONNESS AMONG COLUMNAR CACTI: AN EXPLORATION OF THE STORAGE EFFECT FROM A DEMOGRAPHIC VIEWPOINT ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; METHODS ; RESULTS ; DISCUSSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; APPENDIX ; THE STUDY ON IMPACTS OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE AGRICULTURE IN NORTHWEST CHINA ; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION.
- 2. RESPONSES OF AGRICULTURAL CLIMATE TO GLOBAL WARMING 2.2 RESPONSES OF AGRICULTURAL CLIMATE ; 3. IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON SOIL MOISTURE AND CLIMATIC PRODUCTIVITY; 4. IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON CROPS; 5. CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENT ; REFERENCES ; SOIL ACIDIFICATION AND BUFFERING MECHANISMS IN THE BOREAL BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION* ; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION ; BACKGROUND ; ACIDIFICATION AND BUFFERING EFFECT IN THE SOIL; FIELD OBSERVATION DURING 1999-2003 ; LABORATORIAL EXPERIMENT ; CONCLUSIONS ; REFERENCES.
- DROUGHT AVOIDANCE AS A MAIN STRATEGY OF CROP SURVIVAL IN ARID ENVIRONMENTS* ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; NEGLECTED PLANTS OF ARID AND SEMIARID ENVIRONMENTS; TRENDS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS ; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES ; UTILIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ARID LAND PLANTS* ; ARID AND SEMIARID ZONES: CONCEPTS AND CLASSIFICATION; SIZE AND DISTRIBUTION ; CAUSES OF DRYNESS ; CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ARID ZONES ; ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF ARID AND SEMI-ARID ZONES ; BIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND DROUGHT ; CASE STUDY; MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION OF THORNSCRUB IN THE SEMIARID ZONES OF NORTHEASTERN MEXICO.